familyEucommiaceae
genusEucommia

Eucommia

Oliver

Hooker's Icon. Pl. 20: plate 1950. 1890.

Michael A. Vincent
Introduced
Etymology: Greek eu, good or well, and kommi, gum, alluding to abundant latex in younger tissues of plant
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 546.
Revision as of 18:18, 24 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Trees, indumentum of simple hairs. Pedicels present. Staminate flowers: stamen filaments 0.9–1.2 mm. Pistillate flowers: stigmas decurrent, reflexed-spreading. Seeds elongate-oblong, seed coat dry. x = 17.

Distribution

Asia (wc, w China), introduced and cultivated widely.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Author
Michael A. Vincent +
Authority
Oliver +
Distribution
Asia (wc +, w China) +  and introduced and cultivated widely. +
Etymology
Greek eu, good or well, and kommi, gum, alluding to abundant latex in younger tissues of plant +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Introduced
true +
Number of lower taxa
1 +
Publication title
Hooker's Icon. Pl. +
Publication year
1890 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse grained fna xml/V12/V12 2.xml +
Special status
Introduced +
Taxon family
Eucommiaceae +
Taxon name
Eucommia +
Taxon parent
Eucommiaceae +
Taxon rank
genus +
Volume
Volume 12 +